Brush holder



1 3 1951 E. E. ANDERSON 2,566,650

BRUSH HOLDER Filed July 7. 1948 INVENTOR. fir/ a. )ffidenm PatentedSept. 4, 1951 UNITED STATES ENT OFFCE BRUSH- HOLDEE I Earl Anderson,Milwaukee, Wis.

Aliplififidfi Jilly 1948, Serial N0. 37,491

r 1 Claim.- 1

This invention relates to a brush holder and is particularly directed toa paint briish holder.

Objects ofthis invention are to provide a paint brush holder whichutilizes a container for hold ing a solvent for paint'or varnish, or forholding any other suitable liquid-y and which has a unitary structure orassembly normally located within the container and including a supporting member located above the liquid and provided with removableresilient holding means for holding the handles of different sizes ofbrushes and so arranged that each brush can be individually adjustedvertically to allow the bristle portion thereof to project into theliquid the exact amount desired.

Further objects are to so construct the resilient holding means,hereinabove described, that each holding'means be-quickly detached fromthe supporting member with the brush and thereafter can be readilydetached from the han dleof the brush, the construction being suchthatwhen it is desired to reposition a brush it is merely necessary toxslip"one of the resilient holders over the handle of the brush and insert theholder in the supporting means, the resilient na ture of the holderallowing the brushto be ad'- justed upwardly or downwardly as desired.

Further objects'for one form'of the invention, are to so construct thedevice that the unitary structure or assembly consists of a supportingmember and a downwardly spacedv bottom plate arranged to be' lifteddirectly from the container with the accumulated sediment or solidmaterial carried by the bottom plate, so that such' material can bereadily scraped from the bottom plate and the unitary assemblyrepositioned in the container. In this way, the container is kept cleanand free of sediment which drops from the brushes or otherwiseaccumulates on the bottom plate.

Further objects for another form of the invention are to provide asupporting member for detachably receiving the resilient holding meansand arranged to be positioned within a container for the solvent andarranged towedge within the container against the inner walls thereof sothat the holding member is positioned above the solvent and may bereadily removed from the container when desired.

Embodiments of the invention are shown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview' of the device with a part of thebucket broken away and with the removable assembly in place.

Figure 2 is' an enlarged fragmentary sectional view through the upperportion ot the removable assembly. I

Figure 3 is a top plan view' 61 the removable assembly, such view beingpartly broken a wayt Figure i is a perspective view or one ofth'e re-"silient holding means.

Figure 5- is a perspective view oi the removable assembly. V

Figure 6 is a view showing a further form 013 the inventionsuch viewbeing partly broken away and partly in section.

Referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the device comprises acontainer I which maybe inthe form ofa bucket, it desired, and which hasan open top. This container is adapted to receive the removable assemblyindicated gen:- erally by the referencecharacter 2 in Figures 1, 3, and5u This removable assembly comprises an annular supporting means 3 whichis provided with a downwardly extending flange 4 equipped with aplurality of regularly spaced apertures 5.v This supporting means iscarried by apair of uprights 6 which are secured thereto and whichalsoare secured to a bottom plate 1. The bot-" tom plate is sufiicientlysmaller than the internal diameter or the bucket to allowthe removableassembly to be positioned inthebucket with the liquid in the bucket;without squirting the liq'uid out when the device lowered; so that thebottom plate rests on the bottom of the bucket or container. A pluralityor resilient holding inem-' 'bers 8 are provided; These holdingmembersare supporting. member after they have been passed through the apertures5 inthe, vertical= flange 4'. The resilient member gripsthe handle ofthe brush and together with the brush is positionedwithin the containert, and the fingers l2 of the resilient holding member are pressedtowards each other andinserted in one of the holes 5 in the flange; 4-ofthe upper supporting member 3.

The fingers l2, afterthey have passed through the hole, expand asshow-n'in Figure 3- and bear against the-under side of; the top of thesupporting member 3 and thus hold the resilient sup= porting membersubstantially horizontally with the brush, held substantiallyvertically. The container I isintended tobe partially filled with asolvent for paint or varnish or with any other suitable liquid. Thisliquid levelextends toa point materially below theupper supportingmember 3, so that the bristles H or the brush may be adjustedto enter orproject into the" liquid the desired a'mounii- It is obvious that theresilient, trictionargrip ofthe holding members ThSe.

tion irrespective of the shape or size of their 7 handles.

It is obvious that the resiliency of the holding members 8 allows themto adjust themselves and accommodate practically any size of handle thatthe brushes may have.

It is to be noted that the brushes are held substantially radiallyof thecircular container or bucket l and consequently a very large number ofbrushes can be positioned at one time within the container. If anunusually large or wide brush is encountered,..it is obvious that theresilient holding member 8 for such brush can be set at an angle to aradius, that is to say, at an angle to the. position shown in Figure 3,to thus accommodate the wider brush.

After the device has been used for a considerable length of time, itwill be found that there is an accumulation of sediment on the bottomplate 7. The removable assembly indicated generally by the referencecharacter 2 is then lifted directly from the container and the sedimentis scraped from the bottom plate 1, and theassembly 2 is againpositioned within the container I. Thus the container is protected froman accumulation of sediment in the bottom thereof which would ultimatelypreclude further use of the container.

On the other hand, with a device constructed as hereinabove set forth,it is apparent that the bottom plate 7 of the removable assembly isdirectly below the brushes and catches all solid material that may dropfrom the brushes. It is thus an easy matter to keep the device clean andalso it is clear that the device will have a long, useful life asprovision has been made, as set forth hereinabove, of easily removingany accumulation of sediment.

It will be seen further that the device is very simple in constructionand is easy to handle. It is to be noted that it is 'a simple matter toremove a brush with one of the holding means or members 8 attachedthereto, by simply pulling the brush radially inwardly together with theholding member 8. Thereafter the brush is readily removed from theholding member 8.

It is equally easy to reposition a brush as all that is necessary is toslipthe handle of the brush between the fingers I2, see Figure 4, of oneof the resilient holding members 8 and thereafter squeeze the fingersl2-towards each other and insert them through one of the holes 5 in theupper supporting member 3.

The invention may take 7 other forms, for instance, as shown in Figure6. I In this form of the invention the container is indicated by thereference character I and the supporting member is indicated generallyby the reference character 13. This supporting member is an invertedannular channel-shaped member and is provided with an annular inner wall14 provided with a plurality of apertures 15 corresponding to theapertures 5 hereinbefore described and is provided with an outer,annular wall It which is preferably notched at intervals as indicated atH to provide a" certain amount of yield in the outer wall. The outerwall 16 is adapted to wedge or contact with the inner wall of thecontainer l', the container it being noted being downwardly tapered.This construction 4 allows the supporting member l3 to be wedgedsecurely within the container so that it will not become dislodged.

The resilient holding members 8,. see Figures 1 and 3, have not beenillustrated in Figure 6, but they are arranged to be inserted in theapertures '15 after having been positioned around the handles of thebrushes as previously described and to have their outer ends bear on theunder side of the horizontal portion [8 of the supporting member I3,aspreviously described.

In this last form of the invention shown in Figure 6, the bottom plateand vertical upright shown in Figure 5 have been dispensed with andinstead the holding member '13 is arranged to coact directly with thebucket or container.

The preferred shape of supporting member has been illustrated in thedrawings, namely, one of annular .contour, but it is distinctlyunderstood that other shapes could be employed if so desired, and alsoit is apparent that the container could be rectangular instead ofcircular if so desired.

It will be seen that a very simple and serviceable brush holding meanshas been provided by this invention which allows the ready individualadjustment of the brush vertically upwardly or downwardly to positionthe desired amount of the bristle portion of the brush in the liquid.

It will also be seen that the brushes may be most easily positioned andheld in the device or may be just as freely removed therefrom. It isobvious also that, if desired, the container or bucket may be providedwith a handle as indicated by the reference character [3 in Figure 1.

It is to be understood, that although the brushes are referred to aspaint brushes, that the apparatus is suitable for brushes for any otheruse provided they are of the same general nature as paint brushes.

Although this invention has been discribed in considerable detail it isto be understood that such description is intended as illustrativerather than limiting, as the invention may be variously embodied and isto be interpreted as claimed.

I claim:

A paint brush holder comprising an annular supporting member having aninner wall provided with a plurality of apertures and having an outerwall arranged to wedge against the inner surface of a container andjoined to said inner wall by means of a horizontal portion, and aplurality of resilient holding means arranged to frictionally grip thehandles of paint brushes and having projecting portions arranged to befreely insertable in and removable'from the apertures in said inner walland arranged to bear against the under side of said horizontal portion.

EARL E. ANDERSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of'record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS I Date Drinkwater Apr. 7, 1942

